While most people may associate these drugs with addiction, many are not aware of the rising problem of college students’ dependency on social media. The validity of social media as an addiction is ...

Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield convinced a bunch of teenagers to give her full access to their phones, where she saw social media’s impact on young minds in real time.

The BBC looks at how algorithms have made social media the new “drug of choice” and what people are doing about it. Video produced by Chelsea Bailey and Alexandra Ostasiewicz. Filmed by ...